PURPOSE: To report a case of peripheral ulcerative keratitis caused by Acanthamoeba. METHODS: Case report and review of the literature. A 37-year-old woman with a history of pain and redness of the right eye with no apparent predisposing factors, on examination, revealed a peripheral ulcerative keratitis. RESULT: Microbiological investigations of the corneal infiltrate revealed Acanthamoeba cysts. CONCLUSION: All cases of peripheral ulcerative keratitis should be subjected to routine microbiological evaluation including those for Acanthamoeba.
PURPOSE: To report a case of peripheral ulcerative keratitis caused by Acanthamoeba. METHODS: Case report and review of the literature. A 37-year-old woman with a history of pain and redness of the right eye with no apparent predisposing factors, on examination, revealed a peripheral ulcerative keratitis. RESULT: Microbiological investigations of the corneal infiltrate revealed Acanthamoeba cysts. CONCLUSION: All cases of peripheral ulcerative keratitis should be subjected to routine microbiological evaluation including those for Acanthamoeba.